Pi. etc. cor. 31. BORAGINEiE. 115. iEgonychoh. §55 
Fields ; annual ; May and June. 
Boot branched, reddish ; stems upright, above branched ; 
hairs adpressed; leaves sessil flowers sessile; corolla whitish 
yellow; cariopsides oval, white. — Root tinges oil red; juice 
of the root used to dye the face red. 
XI. 116. LITHOSPERMUM. Dioscorides. GromwelL 
Calyx 5-parted ; lobes unequal, growing connivent ; co- 
rolla nearly bellshape; mouth nearly closed with 5 up- 
right rotate tubercles ; anthers nearly sessile, oblong ; cari- 
opsides 4, 1 -celled, ovate, imperforate at the bottom; gyno- 
basis small, flat .— Leaves veined; radical leaves not en- 
larging after flowering ; flowers axillary. 
Lithospermum officinale. Shop gromwell. 
Stem herbaceous, round, upright, very much branched ; 
leaves broad, lanceolate, veined, pointed, very rough ; tube 
of the corolla as long as the calyx. 
Lithospermum seu milium solis, Raii Syn. 223, 1. 
Lithospermum minus, Ger. em. 609, 2. 
Lithospermum vulgare minus, Park. 432. 
Lithospermum officinale, Lin. S. P. 189. 
Lithospermum ochroleucum, Stokes Rot. M. M. 270. 
Small gromwell. Gray mill. Grey millet. 
Edges of fields ; perennial ; May. 
Boot branched; stem straight, much branched above; 
leaves nearly sessile, above dark green, below paler \ flowers 
yellow ; cariopsides smooth, bald. 
XII. 117. SYMPHYTUM. Dioscorides. Comfrefl 
Calyx 5-parted; corolla cylindrical, bellshape, mouth 
closed; arches awlshape, forming a cone; nuts 4, 1 -celled, 
perforated at the base ; gynobasis flat, small. 
1. Symphytum tuberosum. Tuberous comfrey * 
Stem simple ; leaves ovate, oblong, narrower at the base ; 
lower leaves petiolate ; upper leaves sessile, rather decur- 
rent. 
Symphytum tuberosum, Ger. em. S06, 3 ; Lin. S. P, 195. 
Moist shady places ; perennial ; July. 
Boot tuberous, creeping, white on the outside; stem di- 
vided at top into 2 peduncles ; leaves not in the least cut, 
above hairy, beneath smoother and paler, much veined ; ra* 
cemes terminal, drooping. 
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